Birch Bayh

Birch Evans Bayh Jr. (22 January 1928-14 March 2019) was a US Senator from Indiana (D) from 3 January 1963 to 3 January 1981, succeeding Homer Capehart and preceding Dan Quayle.

Biography
Birch Bayh was born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1928, and he ran his family farm before being elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1954; he served until 1962, when he won a race for the US Senate as a Democrat. Bayh authored the 25th Amendment (establishing the line of succession for the President) and the 26th Amendment (which lowered the voting age to 18 nationwide), but he failed to pass an Equal Rights Amendment and to eliminate the Electoral College. He initially planned on running for President in 1972, but he cancelled his campaign when his wife was diagnosed with cancer. He again attempted to run in 1976, but he dropped out due to low primary results. In 1980, Bayh was defeated for re-election by Republican contender Dan Quayle, and his son Evan Bayh went on to serve as Governor and as a Senator. He died in 2019.